1981 African Youth Championship

February 2015 3rd African youth football qualification tournament African Youth Championship 1981 8 June 1980 – 24 April 1981 14 1 20 EGY 1 20 CMR 20 NGA 20 ALG 10 49 1979 1983 The 1981 African Youth Championship was the 3rd edition of the biennial African qualification tournament for the FIFA World Youth Championship which was contested on a home-and-away two-legged basis. Egypt beat Cameroon 3–1 on aggregate in the final to claim their inaugural title, although both teams qualified for the 1981 FIFA World Youth Championship in Australia. Teams The following teams entered this edition of the tournament and played at least a match: 10em 20 ALG 20 CTA 20 CMR 20 EGY 1972 Equatorial Guinea 20 ETH 1975 20 GAB 20 GIN 20 MTN 1959 20 MAR 20 NGA 20 TOG 20 TUN 1959 Zimbabwe Preliminary round The first leg was played on 8 June and the second leg was held on 22 June 1980. The winners advanced to the first round. The teams who received byes to the first round are Guinea, Cameroon, Tunisia, Morocco, Ethiopia, Mauritania, Algeria, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Egypt, Uganda, the Central African Republic and Kenya. EQG 4–3 20 GAB 2–0 2–3 20 TOG w/o 1 20 BEN ZIM w/o 1 Malawi |} 1 Malawi and Benin withdrew. First round 20 GUI 2–2 (a) Equatorial Guinea 2–1 0–1 20 CMR 5–1 20 TOG 3–0 2–1 20 TUN 1959 1–1(6–5 pen.) 20 MAR 0–1 1–0 (a.e.t.) ZIM 2–1 20 ETH 1975 0–0 2–1 20 MTN 1959 1–6 20 ALG 1–3 0–3 20 NGA w/o 1 20 CIV 20 EGY 1972 w/o 1 20 UGA 20 CTA w/o 1 20 KEN |} 1 Ivory Coast, Uganda and Kenya withdrew. Second round 20 CMR 3–1 Equatorial Guinea 3–0 0–1 20 NGA 5–4 20 TUN 1959 4–0 1–4 ZIM 1–3 20 EGY 1972 1–1 0–2 20 CTA w/o 1 20 ALG 4–1 n/p |} 1 Civil unrest and political turmoil in the Central African Republic forced their team to withdraw after the first leg: the second leg was scratched and Algeria advanced to the semi-finals. Semi-finals 20 NGA 2–4 20 CMR 2–3 0–1 20 ALG w/o1 20 EGY 1972 |} 1 Algeria withdrew. Final The first leg was played on 12 April and the second leg on 24 April 1981. 20 CMR 1–3 20 EGY 1972 1–1 0–2 |} fb 1981 African Youth Championship winners EGY First/Inaugural 1972 Qualification to the World Youth Championship The two best performing teams qualified for the 1981 FIFA World Youth Championship. 20 CMR 20 EGY 1972 External links Tournament records at RSSSF 1981 Youth Championship Youth Championship Youth Championship Youth Championship Championship Championship Category:1981 FIFA World Youth Championship qualification Category:June 1980 sports events in Africa Category:July 1980 sports events in Africa Category:August 1980 sports events in Africa Category:September 1980 sports events in Africa Category:October 1980 sports events in Africa Category:November 1980 sports events in Africa Category:December 1980 sports events in Africa Category:January 1981 sports events in Africa Category:February 1981 sports events in Africa Category:March 1981 sports events in Africa Category:April 1981 sports events in Africa